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单词 dissipation
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dissipationn.

/dɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin dissipātiōn-em, noun of action from dissipāre to dissipate v. Compare French dissipation (16th cent.).
1.
a. The action of dissipating or dispersing; a scattering; the fact of being dispersed; dispersed condition. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions
sparpling1434
dispersionc1450
skailing?c1450
sparklingc1460
disparplinga1513
dissipation1545
dispersing1604
segregationa1616
scatteration1776
disjectiona1806
dispersal1821
scatteraway1851
spreadeagling1869
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun]
dissemblance1556
dissipation1761
dispersiveness1841
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vii.) f. 105v The kingdom of the Saracens..sprongen vp in the dissipacion of the Romane monarchie.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 143 Banishment of friends, dissipation of Cohorts, nuptial breaches. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 598 Foule dissipation follow'd and forc't rout. View more context for this quotation
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iii. 143 Peleg, in whose time the famous dissipation of Mankind and distinction of Languages hapned.
1761 C. Johnstone Chrysal (ed. 2) II. ii. xix. 269 In this dissipation I fell to the lot of one of the officers.
b. Optics. The scattering or dispersion of rays of light. circle of dissipation, radius of dissipation: see quots.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > formation of spectrum
dispersion1728
dissipation1749
anomalous dispersion1872
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 219 Narrow the Pupil of the Eye, i.e. lessen the Radius of Dissipation.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Circle of Dissipation..is used for that circular space upon the retina, which is taken up by one of the extreme pensils of rays issuing from an object..Radius of Dissipation, the radius of the circle of Dissipation.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xvii. 308 The circular spaces..illuminated by pencils of rays..are called circles of dissipation.
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 22 Produced by the central rays falling in a circle of dissipation, before they have come to a focus.
2. The passing away or wasting of a substance, or form of energy, through continuous dispersion or diffusion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > [noun] > loss of conduction
dissipation?1790
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 94 The substance of the whole body hath a necessary diffluence and dissipation, as well by the in bred heate..as also by the outward aire.
?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 62 In this case, the dissipation of the electricity is not so considerable.
1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 45 Coulomb investigated the law of dissipation.
1881 Sir W. Thomson in Nature No. 619. 441 Losing..20 per cent of this [energy] by the generation and dissipation of heat through the conductor.
attributive.1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §345 [This] function of the velocities..has been called by Lord Rayleigh the Dissipation Function. We prefer to call it Dissipativity. It expresses the rate at which the palpable energy of our supposed cycloidal system is..dissipated away into other forms of energy.
3. Reduction to atoms or to an impalpable condition; complete disintegration or dissolution.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decomposition, melting, or crumbling away
dissolutiona1398
resolution1533
mouldering1562
dissipation1597
deordination1686
decomposition1777
disintegration1794
chemolysis1872
biolysis1897
biodegradation1941
breakdown1959
biodeterioration1960
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 164 The dissipation of idols..they were, fashioned of matter subiect vnto corruption, therefore to grinde them to dust was easie.
1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans To Rdr. sig. A2 The dissipation of the whole frame of Nature into disjoynted dust.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 315 To hear of the least danger of the dissipation of your Church.
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 189 An utter ruine and dissipation of this Idolatrous City.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 52 in Wks. (1721) II. Saints no Dissipation fear, Who to the Boundless one adhere.
a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 60 The dissipation of France into..a cluster of petty Republicks.
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1876) iii. xxi. 325 Another attempt to reconcile this expression of our Lord with the idea of dissipation of the soul.
4. Wasteful expenditure or consumption of money, means, powers, faculties, etc.; squandering, waste.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 351 [Almsgiving] must be done fitly..Otherwise it were rather a dissipation then a distribution.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 13 Means that our Faculties might use without dissipation, distraction, or too great astonishment.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 241 There had been such a dissipation of treasure.
1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. v. ix Nothing but stupidity or the most frivolous dissipation of thought.
1893 W. Lewin in Bookman June 85/2 Avoiding any wasteful dissipation of his powers.
5. Distraction of the mental faculties or energies from concentration on serious subjects: at first often with colourless sense, as the scattering or distraction of attention, or with laudatory sense, as the dispelling of melancholy or sadness; diversion, amusement; but later implying the frittering away of energies or attention upon frivolities, and thus gradually passing into sense 6; also, with a and plural, a distraction; a diversion; a frivolous amusement.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment
mirtha1250
solacec1290
recreationc1400
esbatement1477
pastime1490
pastancea1500
passe-temps1542
entertainment1561
relief?1578
fancy1590
sport1598
abridgement1600
entertain1601
recreative1615
amusatory1618
nutsa1625
diverter1628
recreator1629
passatempo1632
amuser1724
fun1726
dissipation1733
resource1752
distraction1859
enlivening1859
good, clean fun1867
enlivenment1883
light relief1885
laugh1921
not one's scene1962
violon d'Ingres1963
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [noun] > causing
distractingc1440
avocationa1617
avokement1637
amusement1658
diversion1667
dissipation1733
evocation1770
misdirection1897
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [noun] > cause of
by-thought1561
avocation1642
avocament1672
avocativea1677
dissipation1733
call-off1883
1733 J. Swift Let. 28 May I have begun two or three letters..and been prevented from finishing them by a thousand avocations and dissipations.
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 47 While Noise, and Dissipation, comfort Thee.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 1 July (1932) (modernized text) III. 1176 I am going to Cheltenham to-morrow..for the dissipation and amusement of the journey.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xi. 75 Change of place..inevitably produces dissipation of mind.
1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. xxvii. 14 In the giddy storm of dissipation toss'd.
1788 J. Wesley Serm. lxxix, in Wks. (1872) VI. 445 We hear of the still increasing dissipations..the word..was hardly heard of fifty years ago..And yet it is so in every one's mouth, that it is already worn threadbare; being one of the cant words of the day.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family iv. 60 Nothing would be of so much service to her spirits, as a little dissipation.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. v. ix. 289 He was not born for the amusements and dissipations of the world.
1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City iii. 59 Art had remained with her rather an intellectual dissipation than a tenderness.
6. Waste of the moral and physical powers by undue or vicious indulgence in pleasure; intemperate, dissolute, or vicious mode of living.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > debauchery
riotc1330
dissolutionc1400
dissoluteness1549
debauchment1617
debauchery1642
debauch1673
dissipation1785
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 770 A task That bids defiance to the united powers Of fashion, dissipation, taverns, stews.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 5 In a few years his fortune and affection were equally lost in dissipation.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 20 Tupman was not in a condition to rise, after the unwonted dissipation of the previous night.
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 415 Severer penalties awaited drunkenness, dissipation, or dicing.
1894 W. Gregory Autobiogr. v. 89 He died young, worn out by dissipation.
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